State of New York 


No. 37 


IN ASSEMBLY 

March 21, 1918 


VOTES AND DATES OF PASSAGE OF FEDERAL 
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS IN 
CONGRESS AND IN NEW 
YORK STATE 


Compiled by James Hodgson, 
New York State Library 

















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VOTES, AND DATES OF PASSAGE 01 


LEGISL 


FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS IN CONGRESS A ND IN NEW YORK STATE 

COMPILED BY JAMES HODGSON, SUB-LIBRARIAN 

ATIVE REFERENCE SECTION—NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY 


16 March, 1918 


No. 

SHORT TITLE 

Date 
passed by 
Congress 

Vote in 

Congress 

House 

Sen: 

1-10 

Bill of rights. 

25 Sept. 1789 1 

Passed 2 

Pass 


Number of Representatives 

Adopted by Ne 1 

v York with o 

t her ten | 


in Congress. 




— 

Compensation of Congress- 





men. 




11 

Restraining federal judicial 

12 Mar. 1794 10 

SI to 9 11 

23 to 


power. 




12 

Reform in taking of elec- 

12 Dec. 1803 1S 

83 to 42 19 

22 to 


toral votes. 




— 

Forbidding taking of titles 

1 May 1810 26 

83 to 3 27 

19 to 


of nobility. 




_ 

Restricting power of Con- 

2 Mar. 1861 34 

133 to 65 33 

24 to 


gress to interfere in local 





institutions such as slav- 





ery. 




13 

Slavery prohibited. 

1 Feb. 1865 38 

112 to 57 39 

38 to 

14 

Making negroes citizens 

16 June 1866 48 

120 to 32 49 

33 to 


and taking action against 





insurrection. 




_ 15 

Prohibiting color restric- 

27 Feb. 1869 36 

145 to 44 67 

39 to 


tions for voting. 




16 

Income tax. 

31 July 1909 68 

3IS to 14 69 

77 to 

17 

Popular election of Senators 

15 May 1912 78 

238 to 39 79 

64 to ! 

— 

Prohibition. 

18 Dec. 1917 

282 to 128 86 

47 to 

1 U. S. 

Senate Journal, 1789, p. 88 


22 N. Y. Senate 

Journal, 

2 24 Sept. 1789. U. S. House Journal, 1789, p. 123 

Revision 


3 25 Sept. 1789. U. S. Senate Journal, 1789, p. 88 

23 9 Feb. 1804. 

N. Y. As 

4 Governor’s message to the Legislature. N. Y. Senate 

24 8 Feb. 1804. 

N. Y. Se.( 


ite 


ed 


Date first 
received in 
New York 


12 Jan. 1790 


10 20 


12 


27 Mar. 1794 13 
31 Jan. 1804 21 
4 Mar. 1811 29 

21 Mar. 1861 37 

1 Feb. 1865 41 

1 Jan. 1867 61 

10 Mar. 1869 69 


5 Jan. 1910 


Date ap¬ 
proved in 
New York 


27 Feb. 1790 1 


27 Mar. 1794 14 

11 Feb. 1804 22 

12 Mar. 1812 30 

Did not come up 

28 April 1865 42 

*10 Jan. 1867 62 
14 Apr. 1869 60 


12 July 1911 72 


Vote in New York 


Assembly 


Passed 6 


Failed 6 
49 to 2 15 
79 to 14 23 
No vote 31 


90 to 22 43 
See notes 


71 to 36 


72 to 47 61 
See notes 


81 to 42' 


Senate 


Passed 


Failed 7 
Passed 16 
24 to 4 24 
Rejected 32 


18 to 3 44 
See notes 


23 to 3 


17 to 15 62 
See notes 


35 to 16 


D 

promt 
by Seci 
Sta 
United 


ate 

ligated 
etary of 
te of 
l States 


Notes 


30 De C. 1791 
ai id 

18 Jai i. 1792 s 


Twelve amendments were proposed of which New 
York ratified 11, but only 10 were adopted by 
three-fourths of the states. An attempt was 
made to have the amendments ratified by reso¬ 
lution but the motion failed 49 to 2. 9 


8 Jan. 1798 17 
25 Sept -1804 25 


18 Dec. 1865 46 


28 July 1868 55 


30 Mar 1870 


25 Feb. 1913 


14 so 

8 87 


1 Jan. 1913 s1 


15 Jan. 1913 s2 


128 to 4 83 


43 to 4 


31 May 1913 85 


On 4 Feb. 1818 the president reported to Con¬ 
gress that 12 states had ratified the amend¬ 
ment, while 3 had rejected it and two were 
undecided. 33 


A resolution to ratify the amendment passed the 
Senate on 2 Feb., and the Assembly on 3 Feb. 
1865, in the Senate 18 to 8 46 and in the 
Assembly 72 to 40. 47 

First amendment ratified in New York by reso¬ 
lution. Others were ratified by statute. 

An attempt was made in both houses to have a 
popular referendum on the measure, but this 
failed in the Assembly by a vote of 47 to 72 64 
and in the Senate by a vote of 15 to 17. 63 

New York rescinded her action on 5 Jan. 
1S70, both houses voting on the same day. 
The Senate 16 to 13 66 and the Assembly 69 
to 56. 67 

In 1910 the Assembly failed to ratify the amend¬ 
ment because a majority of the members failed 
to vote affirmative, although the vote was ayes 
74, noes 66. 16 Later the Senate passed another 
resolution by a vote of 26 to 20. 77 but in the 

Assembly it never left the committee. 


REFERENCES 

1804, p. 18; approved by Council of 


journal, i/yu, p. i 

5 Ni Y. Senate Journal, 1790, p. 27; approved by Council of 

Revision 

6 22 Feb. 1790. N. Y. Assembly Journal, 1790, p. 49 

7 24 Feb. 1790. N. Y. Senate Journal, 1790, p. 24 

8 U. S. Senate Journal, 1st Session, 2d Congress, 1791, p. 361 

and U. S. Senate Journal, 1st Session, 2d Congress, 1792, 
p. 377. See also American state papers, miscellaneous 
series, v. 1, p. 156. The first ten amendments were not 
promulgated, and there has been some question raised as 
to exactly when they became parts of the constitution. 

9 N. Y. Assembly Journal, 1790, p. 40 

10 U. S. House Journal, 1794, p. 89 

11 4 Mar. 1794. U. S. House Journal, p. 79-80 

12 14 Jan. 1794. U. S. Senate Journal, p. 19-20 

L3 Message from Governor, 27 Mar. 1794. N. Y. Senate 
Journal, p. 79 

L4 N. Y. Senate Journal, 1794, p. 83; approved by Council of 
Revision 

.5 N. Y. 26 Mar. 1794. Assembly Journal, 1794, p. 177-78 
.6 N. Y. 27 Mar. 1794. Senate Journal, 1794, p. 81 

7 U. S. Senate Journal, 2d Session, 4th Congress, 1798, p. 420. 

The eleventh amendment was promulgated by the 
President. 

8 U. S. Senate Journal, 1803, p. 322. 

9 9 Dec. 1803. U. S. House Journal, p. 482-83 
0 20 Dec. 1803. U. S. Senate Journal, p. 319-20 

1 Message from Governor. N. Y. Senate Journal, 1804, 
p. 4 


Documentary Histor 
States. Washington, 

26 Annals of Congress, v. 

27 1 May 1810. Annals o 

28 27 April 1810. Annals 

29 Message from Governc 

p. 186. In 1812 the 
before them for “ sei 
Senate Journal, 1812 

30 N. Y. Senate Journal, 1 

31 12 Mar. 1812. N. Y. S 

32 The Assembly appointe 

draw up a resolutior 
Assembly Journal, 18 

33 House Doc. 76, 15th Cc 

34 Congressional Globe, v. 

35 28 Feb. 1861. Congres 

36 2 Mar. 1861. Congress 

37 N. Y. Senate Journal, 1 

sage for 1862, the Gov 
had not been acted c 
25-26 

38 U. S. Statutes at Large 

39 31 Jan. 1865. Congress 


sembly Journal, p. 52-53 
nate Journal, p. 14 
of State to separate states. See 
y of the Constitution of the United 
- State Dept., 1894, v. 2, p. 451 
21, p. 2050 

f Congress, v. 21, p. 2050 
of Congress, v. 20, p. 672 
ir. N. Y. Assembly Journal, 1811, 
Governor said the matter had been 
r eral years ” without action. N. Y. 
p. 39 

812, p. 108 

enate Journal, p. 108 
d a committee on 30 Mar., 1811, to 
i ratifying the amendment. N. Y. 
11, p. 354 

•ngress, 1st Session, 1818 
30, pt. 2, p. 1403 
sional Globe, v. 30, pt. 2, p. 1285 
ional Globe, v. 30, pt. 2, p. 1403 
l. 1861, p. 378. In his annual mes- 
ernor remarked that the amendment 
n. N. Y. Senate Journal, 1861, p. 

v. 13, p. 567 


40 8 April 1864. Congressional Globe, v. 34, pt 2 p 1490 

41 s P ec ‘fl message of Governor. N. Y. Senate Journal 1865, 

p. 133 

43 99 A nVl SS iSR^ ly 1S65 > P-1584; approved by Governor 

43 Apnl 1865. N. Y . Assembly Journal, p. 1389 

44 10 April 1865. N. Y. Senate Journal, p. 748 

45 U. S. Statutes at Large, v. 13, p. 744-75 

46 N. Y. Senate Journal, 1865, p. 142 

47 N. Y. Assembly Journal, 1865, p. 226 
4S U. S. Statutes at Large, v. 14, p. 358-59 

49 13^June^l866. Congressional Globe, v. 36, pt. 4, p. 

50 8 June 1866. Congressional Globe, v. 36, pt. 4, p. 3042 

51 Resolution introduced by Senator Williams. N. Y. Senate 

Journal, 1867, p. 5; later the Governor in a special message 
1 Jan - I®u7, presented to the Assembly the official 


P- 


The House 15 June 1 "“f 1 v ' 35 ’ p f l ’ p ' 530 “ 53L 


two-thirds of the me 
vote stood: ayes, 93; 
gressional Globe, v. 3 


864, failed to pass the amendment, 
mbers present not voting aye. The 
nays, 53; not voting, 23. See Con- 
1, pt. 4, p. 2995 


7, v. 


communication. N. Y. Assembly Journal 186 
1, p. 37 

52 N. Y. Assembly Journal, 1867, p. 17 

53 10 Jan. 1867. N. Y. Assembly Journal, p. 17 

54 3 Jan. 1867. N. Y. Senate Journal, p. 34 

55 U. S. Statutes at Large, v. 15, p. 709-11 

56 U. S. Statutes at Large, v. 15, p. 346 

57 25 Feb. 1869. Congressional Globe, v. 40 ct n 

1563-64 ’ ’ p p ’ p ' 

58 26 Feb. 1869. Congressional Globe, v. 40, pt 3 p 1641 

59 Special message of Governor. N. Y. Assembly Journal 

1869, v. 1, p. 424 

60 N. Y. Senate Journal, 1869, p. 590 

61 18 Mar. 1869. N. Y. Assembly Journal, p. 544-45 

62 14 April 1869. N. Y. Senate Journal, p. 590 

63 U. S. Statutes at Large, v. 16, p. 1131-32 

64 18 Mar. 1869. N. Y. Assembly Journal, v. 1, p. 544 


65 14 April 1869. N. Y. Senate Journal, p. 590 

66 N. Y. Senate Journal, 1870, p. 30 

67 N. Y. Assembly Journal, 1870, p. 44 

68 U. S. Statutes at Large, v. 36, pt. 1, p. 184 

69 12 July 1909. Congressional Record,, v. 44, pt. 4 

. 4441 

70 5 July 1909. Congressional Record, v. 44, pt. 4, p. 4121 

71 Governor’s message. N. Y. Senate Journal, 1910, v. 1, p. 9; 

v. 2, appendix, p. 54-62 

72 N. Y. Assembly Journal, 1911, v. 4, p. 3725-26 

73 12 July 1911. N. Y. Assembly Journal, v. 4, p. 3725-26 

74 19 April 1911. N. Y. Senate Journal, v. 1, p. 618 

75 U. S. Statutes at Large, v. 37, pt. 2, p. 1785 

76 20 April 1910. N. Y. Assembly Journal, v. 2, p. 1786 

77 17 May 1910. N. Y. Senate Journal, v. 2, p. 1563 

78 U. S. Statutes at Large, v. 37, pt. 1, p. 646 

79 31 May 1912. Congressional Record, v. 48, pt. 7 p. 

6367 

80 12 June 1911. Congressional Record, v. 47, pt. 2, p 

1925 

81 Annual message of Governor. N. Y. Senate Journal, 1913, 

v. 2, appendix, p. 6-7 

82 N. Y. Senate Journal, 1913, v. 1, p. 57-58 

83 14 Jan. 1913. N. Y. Assembly Journal, v. 1, p. 74-75 

84 15 Jan. 1913 N. Y. Senate Journal, v. 1, p. 57-58 

85 U. S. Statutes at Large, v. 38, pt. 2, p. 2049 

86 17 Dec. 1917. Congressional Record, v. 56, p. 473-74 

(unbound) 

87 18 Dec. 1917. Congressional Record, v. 56, p. 493 

(unbound). This vote of the Senate was on concurring 
in the House amendments. The vote on proposing the 
amendment was 65 to 20. Congressional Record, 1 Aug. 
1917, v. 55, p. 6196 (unbound) 


















































































































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